89R2878 MZM-D     By: West S.B. No. 2360       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to equalizing compensation for certain wrongfully   imprisoned persons.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 103, Civil Practice and   Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 103.0521 to read as   follows:          Sec. 103.0521.  EQUALIZING COMPENSATION. (a)   Notwithstanding Section 103.003, a person who received   compensation under this chapter before September 1, 2009, is   entitled to equalizing compensation as provided by Subsection (b).          (b)  A person entitled to receive equalizing compensation   under Subsection (a) shall receive an amount based on a present   value sum equal to the amount the person would receive under   Sections 103.052(a) and (b), if the person were to receive   compensation under those subsections on September 1, 2009, less the   total amount of money received by the person under Section 103.052   before September 1, 2009.          (c)  A person seeking equalizing compensation under this   section must file an application with the comptroller for   equalizing compensation not later than September 1, 2028. The   comptroller shall make payments to a claimant under this section   not later than the 30th day after the date the comptroller   determines the claimant is eligible to receive compensation under   this section.          (d)  This section expires September 1, 2029.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.